Min barndoms jular is a Christmas album

Christmas music

Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...

 from Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 and pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 singer Kikki Danielsson

Kikki Danielsson

Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson is a Swedish country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She is also famous for yodeling in some songs. Kikki Danielsson gained her largest popularity in the Nordic region from the late 1970s until...

. It was released in late 1987, and peaked at #19 the Swedish album chart. Some wrongly sources say it was released on November 1, 1988.

The album combines olds and newer Christmas songs, and is largerly a concept album

Concept album

In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...

, as many of the songs wrre Kikki Danielsson's Christmas time childhood favourites. Many of the songs contain a feeling of "sentimentality

Sentimentality

Sentimentality originally indicated the reliance on feelings as a guide to truth, but current usage defines it as an appeal to shallow, uncomplicated emotions at the expense of reason....

" when thinking of Christmas

Christmas

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es back in childhood and youth, while other songs have a Christian

Christianity

Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...

 Christmas theme, with the birth of Jesus

Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...

 as theme.

The album was re-released on November 1, 2001, named Nu är det advent. This version also included Nu är det advent, a duet with Janne Önnerud, as a "bonus track". This song, which became the first album track, was at Svensktoppen

Svensktoppen

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 for six round during the period December 9, 2000-January 27, 2001, peaking at #3.

1987 original

#	Title	Songwriter	Length
1.	"Vår vackra vita vintervärld Winter Wonderland "Winter Wonderland" is a winter song, popularly treated as a Christmastime pop standard, written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith . Through the decades it has been recorded by over 150 different artists.-History:...  ("Winter Wonderland")/Jingeling Tingeling (Sleigh Ride) Sleigh Ride "Sleigh Ride" is a popular light orchestral piece composed by Leroy Anderson. The composer had the original idea for the piece during a heat wave in July 1946; he finished the work in February 1948. Lyrics, about a person who would like to ride in a sleigh on a winter's day with another person,... "	Felix Bernard Felix Bernard Felix Bernard was an American conductor, pianist and a composer of popular music. His writing credits include the popular songs Winter Wonderland and Dardanella.-Biography:... , Lars Green, Leroy Anderson Leroy Anderson Leroy Anderson was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler... , Bebbe Wolgers	2:42
2.	"Min barndoms jular"	Jan-Erik Pettersson, Bo Senter	3.11
3.	"Det hände sig för länge sen Mary's Boy Child "Mary's Boy Child" is a 1956 Christmas song, written by Jester Hairston. With its religious content, it is also widely performed as a Christmas carol....  (Mary's Boy Child)"	Jester Hairston Jester Hairston Jester Joseph Hairston was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor, and actor. His notable compositions include "Amen," a gospel-tinged theme from the film Lilies of the Field and a 1963 hit for The Impressions, and the Christmas song "Mary's Boy Child".-Early life:Hairston... , Jan Erixon Jan Erixon Jan Erixon is a former professional ice hockey player. Erixon was the thirtieth overall pick in the second round by the New York Rangers in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft. He began his NHL career with the Rangers in the 1983–84 season, and played with them through the 1992–93 season...	2.40
4.	"När juldagsmorgon glimmar (Wir hatten gebauet ein stattliches Haus)"	Betty Ehrenborg-Posse	2:02
5.	"I kväll jag tänder ett ljus"	Ingvar Hellberg	3:10
6.	"Jag vill hem till julen (With Bells on)"	Dolly Parton Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk... , Karin Stigmark	2:40
7.	"Jag önskar er alla en riktigt god jul"	Paul Sahlin, Torgny Söderberg Torgny Söderberg Sten Torgny Söderberg is a Swedish songwriter. He has worked a lot together with Lena Philipsson and written schlager songs such as 100%, Kärleken är evig and Diggi-loo diggi-ley. Diggi-loo diggi-ley won the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1984 and even the Eurovision Song Contest 1984.- References :...	3:20
8.	"När ljusen tändas därhemma When It's Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley When It's Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley is a 1933 country ballad to a waltz melody with words and music by Joe Lyons, Sam C. Hart and The Vagabonds. The song was a hit by the group the The Vagabonds back then. The song lyrics are about one who longs for his mother who is far away in a valley....  (When It's Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley)"	Joe Lyons, Sam Hart, Nils Hellström	3:11
9.	"I juletid (Save Your Love)" (duet Kikki Danielsson Kikki Danielsson Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson is a Swedish country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She is also famous for yodeling in some songs. Kikki Danielsson gained her largest popularity in the Nordic region from the late 1970s until... -Kjell Roos Kjell Roos Kjell Roos, born 1956, is a Swedish guitarist and singer, who leads the Swedish dansband Kjell Roos Band, earlier known as Roosarna. In 1984 he married the Swedish singer Kikki Danielsson. They have two children but separated in 1999. They have done duets in songs as I juletid , Kvällens sista... )	John Edward John Edward John Edward McGee, Jr. is an American television personality and professional psychic medium. He is best known for his TV shows Crossing Over with John Edward and John Edward Cross Country.... , Sue Edward, Kikki Danielsson Kikki Danielsson Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson is a Swedish country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She is also famous for yodeling in some songs. Kikki Danielsson gained her largest popularity in the Nordic region from the late 1970s until...	3:11
10.	"En tokig sång" (The Silly Song)	Frank Churchull, Bernt Dahlbäck	2:19
11	"Låt mig få tända ett ljus (Schlaf, mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein)"	Bernhard Flies Bernhard Flies Bernhard Flies was a German amateur composer and a doctor of medicine.Little is known about Flies. He composed some piano pieces and songs, the best-known of which is the romantic music to the lullaby Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein, , also known as Das Wiegenlied from the theatre play... , Börje Carlsson	2:40
12.	"Hosianna, Davids son"	Georg Joseph Vogler Georg Joseph Vogler Georg Joseph Vogler, also known as Abbé Vogler , was a German composer, organist, teacher and theorist.Vogler was born at Pleichach in Würzburg...	1:57

2001 bonus tracks

#	Title	Songwriter	Length
1.	"Nu är det advent" (duet Kikki Danielsson Kikki Danielsson Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson is a Swedish country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She is also famous for yodeling in some songs. Kikki Danielsson gained her largest popularity in the Nordic region from the late 1970s until... -Janne Önnerud)	Dan Attlerud	?